Tea, Coffee or other?

Red October1984 · 02-20-17, 09:25 AM

So it's been a while since this has been kicked around on the forum. (Search says 2006)

So my question is this...

What do you guys like in the morning to start the day? What's your favorite way to prepare it if applicable and what's your favorite brew/roast/etc.

I love coffee. It's great. I love all different kinds of coffee. At any given time I have 5 different kinds on my desk next to my grinder and coffee pot. I prefer a french press but my drip maker does alright when I grind the beans myself. I would really like to try the Turkish stuff that Betonov talks about but I can't seem to find anywhere that makes it that way.

Lately I've been drinking a lot of Caribou Coffee's Mahogany Dark Roast. It's got a great flavor even for being made in a drip pot.

ikalugin · 02-20-17, 09:34 AM

Tea. Ceylon with lemon and sugar or pure Darjeeling.

Rockstar · 02-20-17, 09:55 AM

every morning I stop and get two large leaded coffees and slam them down on my twenty minute ride to work. then I stop and get one more that I can enjoy at the office. On my days off at home its Death Wish coffee, truly nectar of the gods.

ikalugin · 02-20-17, 09:56 AM

I think we begin to see the cultural split here.

Platapus · 02-20-17, 10:10 AM

I love coffee, I love tea
I love the java jive and it loves me
Coffee and tea and the java and me
A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!)

kraznyi_oktjabr · 02-20-17, 10:13 AM

If I have time for proper tea rather than dishwater I drink tea. Otherwise glass of fresh water have to do.

I learned to drink tea at age of 15 when commuting to school (weeks in dormitory, weekends at home). Connecting train was usually late so there was a lot of time to sit in express train's dining car with nothing better to do (homework doesn't count) than test different tea options.

I don't really like coffee and once as a child I compared it to wallpaper glue... although I don't know what the latter tastes like...

Rhodes · 02-20-17, 10:16 AM

Coffee, tea is for sick/Ill!

Eichhörnchen · 02-21-17, 01:38 AM

Hot black tea first thing in the morning, then alternating black (instant or filter) coffee & tea during day, then an instant cappucino before bed.

Reece · 02-21-17, 02:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eichhörnchen

cappucino before bed.

It's a wonder you get any sleep!!

Platapus · 02-21-17, 04:42 PM

In Tech School, I was introduced to "navy coffee" where it is perked through the grounds twice.

Grrr.

Rugged Stuff.

Reece · 02-21-17, 06:23 PM

Even the navy wouldn't drink that swill.

Obltn Strand · 02-22-17, 04:19 AM

I prefer tea. Black tea with honey and lemon. I use coffee as stimulant if i'm tired or with alcohol.

AVGWarhawk · 02-22-17, 02:02 PM

I like coffee exactly how I like my women. Dark and hot.

View Poll Results: Tea, Coffee or other?
Tea	15	31.91%
Coffee	28	59.57%
Other	9	19.15%
Multiple Choice Poll. Voters: 47. You may not vote on this poll

02-20-17, 09:25 AM	#1
Red October1984 Airplane Nerd Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: Texas Posts: 6,241 Downloads: 115 Uploads: 0	Tea, Coffee or other? So it's been a while since this has been kicked around on the forum. (Search says 2006) So my question is this... What do you guys like in the morning to start the day? What's your favorite way to prepare it if applicable and what's your favorite brew/roast/etc. I love coffee. It's great. I love all different kinds of coffee. At any given time I have 5 different kinds on my desk next to my grinder and coffee pot. I prefer a french press but my drip maker does alright when I grind the beans myself. I would really like to try the Turkish stuff that Betonov talks about but I can't seem to find anywhere that makes it that way. Lately I've been drinking a lot of Caribou Coffee's Mahogany Dark Roast. It's got a great flavor even for being made in a drip pot. __________________

02-20-17, 09:34 AM	#2
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	Tea. Ceylon with lemon and sugar or pure Darjeeling. __________________ Grumpy as always.

02-20-17, 09:55 AM	#3
Rockstar Rear Admiral Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Zendia Bar & Grill Posts: 11,933 Downloads: 10 Uploads: 0	every morning I stop and get two large leaded coffees and slam them down on my twenty minute ride to work. then I stop and get one more that I can enjoy at the office. On my days off at home its Death Wish coffee, truly nectar of the gods. __________________ Guardian of the honey and nuts Let's assume I'm right, it'll save time.

02-20-17, 09:56 AM	#4
ikalugin Ocean Warrior Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: Moscow, Russia Posts: 3,212 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	I think we begin to see the cultural split here. __________________ Grumpy as always.

02-20-17, 10:10 AM	#5
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	I love coffee, I love tea I love the java jive and it loves me Coffee and tea and the java and me A cup, a cup, a cup, a cup, a cup (boy!) __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-20-17, 10:13 AM	#6
kraznyi_oktjabr Sea Lord Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Republiken Finland Posts: 1,803 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	If I have time for proper tea rather than dishwater I drink tea. Otherwise glass of fresh water have to do. I learned to drink tea at age of 15 when commuting to school (weeks in dormitory, weekends at home). Connecting train was usually late so there was a lot of time to sit in express train's dining car with nothing better to do (homework doesn't count) than test different tea options. I don't really like coffee and once as a child I compared it to wallpaper glue... although I don't know what the latter tastes like... __________________ You talk to God, you're religious. God talks to you, you're psychotic. - Dr. House

02-20-17, 10:16 AM	#7
Rhodes Silent Hunter Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Figueira da Foz, Portugal Posts: 4,489 Downloads: 109 Uploads: 0	Coffee, tea is for sick/Ill! __________________ http://www.flickr.com/photos/16416646@N05/

02-21-17, 01:38 AM	#8
Eichhörnchen Starte das Auto Join Date: Aug 2014 Location: The Fens Posts: 15,780 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	Hot black tea first thing in the morning, then alternating black (instant or filter) coffee & tea during day, then an instant cappucino before bed. __________________

02-21-17, 04:42 PM	#10
Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 18,983 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	In Tech School, I was introduced to "navy coffee" where it is perked through the grounds twice. Grrr. Rugged Stuff. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.

02-21-17, 06:23 PM	#11
Reece CINC Pacific Fleet Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Down Under Posts: 32,812 Downloads: 171 Uploads: 0	Even the navy wouldn't drink that swill. __________________ *Sub captains go down with their ship!*

02-22-17, 04:19 AM	#12
Obltn Strand Commodore Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Helsinki, Finland Posts: 614 Downloads: 135 Uploads: 0	I prefer tea. Black tea with honey and lemon. I use coffee as stimulant if i'm tired or with alcohol. __________________ Himmel, sukeltakaa!

02-22-17, 02:02 PM	#13
AVGWarhawk Lucky Jack Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: In a 1954 Buick. Posts: 27,343 Downloads: 90 Uploads: 0	I like coffee exactly how I like my women. Dark and hot. __________________ “You're painfully alive in a drugged and dying culture.” ― Richard Yates, Revolutionary Road